We kick off today’s email by discussing Apple’s new retail chief Deirdre O’Brien’s prospects as an Apple CEO candidate. The discussion then takes a broader view on how Apple is cultivating future CEO candidates. The email concludes with news of Apple bringing modem R&D into its in-house technology group. We go over why Apple continues to work on its own modems and where the initiative is ultimately aimed.

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